Details

Updated cups packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer forLinux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

* Previously, when no authentication was initially provided (or even requested),cups returned the "forbidden" status rather than the correct "unauthorized"status. Consequently, certain operations, such as attempts to move a job betweenqueues using the web user interface, failed. An upstream patch has been providedto address this bug and cups now returns correct status in the describedscenario. (BZ#854472)

All users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fixthis bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released erratarelevant to your system have been applied.